The Kansas House is preparing for a final vote on a bill that would block tax breaks for abortion providers and bar public schools from using sex education instruction from abortion providers.

Approval on final action Wednesday would send the measure to the Senate. The Republican-dominated House has an anti-abortion majority, so the measure was expected to pass.

Senate GOP leaders are promising their chamber will consider the bill quickly.

The bill would prevent groups providing abortions from receiving tax exemptions or credits that go to other nonprofit groups or health care providers. It would also bar women who claim income tax deductions for medical expenses from including the cost of abortion services.

The legislation also prohibits abortion providers from furnishing materials or instructors for sex education classes in schools.

AP — A former employee of a northeast Kansas credit union has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation for embezzling $85,000 from the company.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says Deborah Bomia, of Enterprise, must also pay $85,000 in restitution to Enterprise Credit Union under the sentence she received Tuesday.

Bomia pleaded guilty last July to the crime, which occurred between April 2005 and August 2011. She admitted kiting checks between accounts in her name at the credit union to create fictitious balances.

Prosecutors said Bomia would record a large deposit in the credit union’s general ledger near the end of the month but not make the deposit for several weeks, when another large check would be drafted out of her credit union checking account.

AP — A 39-year-old resident of Mexico who was living in Kansas has been sentenced to about five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing weapons illegally.

Guadalupe Burciaga-Alcantar, who is from Ojinaga, Mexico, was arrested in October after a traffic stop in Sedgwick County. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Kansas says deputies found two loaded handguns in the pickup Burciaga was driving.

He pleaded guilty in December to the charge of an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Federal law prohibits people unlawfully in the U.S. from possessing firearms.

He was sentenced Monday in federal court to 65 months in prison, followed by deportation to Mexico.

AP — Olathe officials have approved an agreement that paves the way for Google’s super-fast Internet service to be installed in the southern Johnson County community.

The Olathe City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the Google Fiber agreement.

The Olathe deal is similar to other deals in the Kansas City area, where Google has been slowly connecting several neighborhoods with its high-speed service. The deal gives Olathe 5 percent of gross receipts generated by Google selling the service in the Johnson County suburb. The agreement also promises free 1-gigabit-per-second connections to up to four public facilities for up to 10 years.

If Google deploys a Wi-Fi network in Olathe, that wireless Internet access will be free to the public for at least five years.

The Ellis City Council meeting on Monday  was lengthy.

City Council Member Martin LaBarge resigned citing time constraints. Mayor Dave McDaniel read LeBarge’s letter of resignation to those assembled.

In addition, Public Works Director Steve Ferland and a member of the city sanitation staff  resigned.

City clerk Amy Burton told Hays Post, “the city will begin advertising immediately to fill the public works position and will also fill the other open position on city staff.

The city does have 3 open seats on the council, the Mayor, and Treasurer all up for election next month.

Kansas House members expect a debate on taxes to focus on proposals to lower the sales tax and divert highway funds to other parts of the budget.

A bill on Wednesday’s agenda would follow up on income tax cuts enacted last year by promising future reductions in income tax rates each year if overall state revenues grow more than 2 percent.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback proposed more aggressive income tax cuts this year.

Brownback wants to cancel a decrease in the sales tax scheduled by law for July. The House bill would reduce the tax as planned.

The governor wants to keep the sales tax at its current rate to stabilize the budget. The House plan does it by diverting $382 million highway funds to other uses.

Emergency personnel responded to southwestern Stafford County early Tuesday evening for an oil field accident. A worker was riding on the front grille cage of a semi truck when he fell and the truck ran over him.

Because of the off-road location of the accident, and rugged terrain, the ambulance had to be parked a considerable distance away. Medics and their equipment were brought in by law enforcement vehicle.

The patient was transported to Great Bend Regional Hospital and later transferred from there to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.  (Photo courtesy of Stafford County Emergency Management)

8:10 a.m. Update    Kansas Highway Patrol told Hays Post, “Two individuals were injured in this morning’s Semi rollover accident on I-70 approximately 20 miles west of Salina. A medical helicopter helped transport the injured to area hospitals.

7:08 a.m. Update    The Lincoln County Sheriff’s office confirmed to Hays Post that all East bound lanes are now open.

At least one East bound lane of I-70 in Lincoln County is closed this morning from an accident involving a semi trailer truck.  There are injuries reported.

Stay tuned to Eagle Radio and Hays Post for details as they become available.